We reported a preparation and characterization of five kinds of impregnation solutions, containing Ag/Cu in the formof bimetallic nanoparticles (alloy and core-shell) as well as ionic species. The cotton-polyester textiles were successfully impregnated during the washing and ironing process by as-prepared solutions to have antibacterial and antifungal properties against to Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Candida albicans. Moreover, we have reported the effect of type of the fabric used and number of washing/impregnation cycles (in a laboratory scale) on the bactericidal and fungicidal activity of obtained textiles.The results indicated that all tested samples after 5, 10, 15, and 20washing/impregnated cycles exhibited an antimicrobial activity.The antifungal tests showed that only textile impregnated with solutions containing Ag+/Cu2+ and Ag NPs/Cu2+ exhibited a strong inhibition of fungi growth of the after 5 (99.99%) and 15 (100%) washing/impregnation cycles, respectively.
Authors
- mgr inż. Marta Paszkiewicz,
- mgr inż. Anna Gołąbiewska link open in new tab ,
- Łukasz Rajski,
- Ewelina Kowal,
- Agnieszka Sajdak,
- A. Zaleska-Medynska,
- Anna Golabiewska link open in new tab
Additional information
- DOI
- Digital Object Identifier link open in new tab 10.1155/2016/6056980
- Category
- Publikacja w czasopiśmie
- Type
- artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
- Language
- angielski
- Publication year
- 2016
